CN1924523A - Vehicle navigation method and map page management method - Google Patents
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This invention relates to one car navigation method and its map page management method through the optimal design device on the car navigation device based on communication. This invention can reduce map size of the car navigation device terminal and its memory capacity and spares the cost of system and to realize the process speeding up and reduce needed time through minimizing the information volume to improve the user satisfaction.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of automobile navigation method and map page management method, be particularly related to by in the vehicle navigation apparatus on the communication infrastructure, the map that is carried in the vehicle is carried out the optimization setting, thus the automobile navigation method of channeling conduct and map page management method.
Background technology
Generally speaking, common on-vehicle navigation apparatus is by grasping minimal path and the traffic of current vehicle position to the destination, according to the situation that device is grasped, calculate best drive route and pass through the prompting and guiding driver, thereby realize the purpose that guided vehicle moves ahead along best route.
Above-mentioned on-vehicle navigation apparatus constantly detects the current location of vehicle, judge whether vehicle the best route that is provided is provided, in case measure the vehicle current location not on the best route that above-mentioned on-vehicle navigation apparatus provided, above-mentioned guider will be pointed out the driver, return best route up to vehicle.
Above-mentioned on-vehicle navigation apparatus uses the method for route detection and the method for route guidance to realize navigation.The route of above-mentioned on-vehicle navigation apparatus is surveyed and can be realized by following two kinds of methods, promptly, utilize the geography information and the positional information of carrying on the vehicle, in vehicle, calculate best route and the method that shows and the vehicle current position information is transferred to remote server according to detected geography information and positional information, receive the method for the best route information that calculates by remote server again.This method of remote server calculating optimum route of utilizing is owing to being by remote server calculating optimum route, so reduced the burden of vehicle.But because remote server can't receive the vehicle current location to the traffic information between the destination, so in the guided vehicle driving process, can not in time provide corresponding information, when the vehicle derailing best route, can not in time provide correct guiding to the driver according to all border district condition.
In route guidance, can use the method for (turn by turn) repeatedly of taking turns, be benchmark promptly with the best route that detects, the method of the information that drives of best route is followed the trail of in prompting, also can use according to geography information of carrying on the vehicle or the geography information that receives and carry out the method that route information is pointed out.But owing to can't receive the peripheral geography information of vehicle current location to the route of destination, so the situation of vehicle derailing best route also usually occurs.
For above-mentioned course guiding method is revised, provide in turn repeatedly in method or the route reminding method of the information that drives of following the trail of best route in use, provide travel in peripheral geography information, the driver can directly be consulted a map, thereby avoids the vehicle derailing best route as far as possible.
As above-mentioned existing vehicle navigation apparatus in, the information that drives that employing provides pass course to survey to obtain and the mode of channeling conduct in view of the above, in this device, adopt node link (node-link) system of unified map and it is integrated, or cancellation map setting on terminating machine.
The mode that employing is integrated above-mentioned map node link system, when having reduced the communication information amount, though the guidance information amount that can provide to the driver can be provided, but also to correspondingly be increased in the size of the essential map that carries on the terminating machine simultaneously, must be increased in taking up room in the storer like this, thereby be unfavorable for reducing system overhead.
But, on the other hand,, then can only transmit a spot of information on above-mentioned terminating machine if map is not set, the guidance information amount that provides to the driver is enough to satisfy the needs that the guiding driver travels along best route anything but like this.Like this, if increase the guidance information amount, just there are some obstacles providing of increase communication information amount.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is for addressing the above problem, the management method of a kind of automobile navigation method and guider map page is provided, according to method provided by the present invention, minimizing of the shared storage space of map that the transmission quantity of the route detection information by will be from Server Transport to terminating machine in on-vehicle navigation apparatus minimizes and terminating machine is provided with, thus the answer speed of service improved.
For achieving the above object, vehicle provided by the present invention is applicable to the vehicle navigation apparatus that is based upon on the communication infrastructure with air navigation aid, promptly utilizes the map that is arranged on the server, transmits the vehicle navigation apparatus of the route information that searches to terminating machine.In the vehicle navigation apparatus of above-mentioned formation, its air navigation aid is by constituting with the next stage and as feature: the stage that the map of above-mentioned server is scanned; Judge whether the node in the above-mentioned map is the stage of dummy node; Above-mentioned node is if dummy node, mark node corresponding link in the group ID of server table, and the above-mentioned dummy node on the map of above-mentioned terminating machine become the pictorial symbol point, when if above-mentioned node is not dummy node, then continue the maintenance node link consistent, and be the stage of its assign group ID with the terminating machine map.
At above-mentioned node is not dummy node, but former node is under the situation of dummy node, should change the set ID of terminating machine.
Above-mentioned dummy node is as simple tie point, and be to survey the road and the binding site of path on every side, or be the attribute variation point of management map, or the map system point of constructing, in the route guidance process, do not play direct guiding indicative function.
With above-mentioned dummy node is symbolistic symbol, and group ID is given in together link to connecting by node.
Simultaneously for achieving the above object,, in vehicle navigation apparatus, utilize the map in the server, the route information that searches is transmitted to terminating machine based on communication according to the present invention.Utilize apparatus of the present invention, realize that the method for navigation is finished by following steps, and as feature: in departure place/destination entry terminal machine, and the stage that route is scanned; Whether the node of judging above-mentioned detection route is the stage of dummy node; If the node of above-mentioned detection route is a dummy node, then store car speed, fuel station information if above-mentioned node is not a dummy node, judge that then whether above-mentioned node is the stage of the link of departure place and destination on the route; If above-mentioned node is the link of departure place/destination in the route, according to map, the decision link if not the link of departure place/destination, adds above-mentioned node in the transmission information, and the stage that information such as speed/refuelling station are integrated.
For carrying out above-mentioned map match, the node coordinate that also needs to comprise continuous link information transmits, and compares with map on the terminating machine.
For judge that whether above-mentioned node is dummy node, divides node by kind in route guidance.
In addition, in order to realize the foregoing invention purpose, map page management method provided by the present invention is following to provide cartographic information by server to end face, and the space of a whole page of map data base is managed by the link unit at terminating machine and server joint provisions.Server is for mating the cartographic information that does not upgrade, and transmission comprises that connection chain connects the node coordinate of information, and terminating machine utilizes the above-mentioned node coordinate that receives, and cartographic information is reconstituted.
Above-mentioned when connecting link information by Server Transport, above-mentioned terminating machine should judge whether its received map page is the new space of a whole page.
Provided by the present invention in automobile navigation based on communication, thereby reach automobile navigation method and the map page management method that the optimization setting realizes guiding by the map that will dispose on the vehicle, size by the map that reduces to dispose on the terminating machine in the vehicle navigation apparatus, reduce the capacity of storer, thereby reduce system overhead; Simultaneously by quantity of information is minimized, thereby realize the raising of processing speed and the shortening of required time, and then reduce the service response time, improve user satisfaction.
In addition, because the present invention can improve information processing rate, only transmission and the relevant information of detection route, thus play the effect of reducing defrayment; Owing to the map size that has reduced to dispose on the terminating machine, reduce taking up room in the terminating machine storer simultaneously, thereby also reduced the expense that hardware constitutes.
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Fig. 1 is the composition module figure according to the vehicle navigation apparatus system of the present invention's realization;
Fig. 2 is according to one embodiment of the present of invention, shows the route map of the route that detects;
Fig. 3 reconstructs the detection route map of formation by what survey route on terminating machine;
Fig. 4 is according to air navigation aid of the present invention, the management method process flow diagram that the terminating machine map data base is managed;
Fig. 5 is according to air navigation aid of the present invention, for carrying out route guidance, realizes the reconstituted process flow diagram of terminating machine guidance information in server;
Fig. 6 is according to the present invention, the route map that detects.
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110: route detecting server 120: vehicle navigation apparatus and communication server
130:GPS satellite 140: vehicle navigation apparatus
141: survey route receiver 142: the vehicle position information receiver
143: vehicle traveling information follower 144: depart from the route detector
145: the route detector 146 voluntarily: navigation way guiding and route break away from determining device
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With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are carried out detailed tool explanation.
Fig. 1 is the composition module figure of foundation vehicle navigation apparatus of the present invention system.
In the embodiments of the invention, map page set in above-mentioned for motor vehicle device should be consistent with the map page in the server, consider that simultaneously system cost reduces problem, the map that is provided with in the terminating machine need be designed to the map of single-grade (level).
As shown in Figure 1, vehicle navigation apparatus provided by the present invention system is by constituting with the lower part, and as feature: the detection route receiver 141 that receives the detection route of transmission from the vehicle navigation apparatus and the communication server 120; The vehicle position information receiver 142 of the positional information that reception is sent from gps satellite 130; The transmission vehicle drives the vehicle traveling information follower 143 of information; Possess and be used to judge the geography information that whether breaks away from route, the detector of route voluntarily 145 of the travel route of detection vehicle own; To the route or travel by vehicle that detects by the above-mentioned detector of route voluntarily 145 and by vehicle location and driving information that above-mentioned vehicle position information receiver 142 and vehicle traveling information follower 143 obtain analyze, detect depart from route depart from route detector 144; Compare with the route that receives in the above-mentioned detection route receiver 141 with by the above-mentioned route that departs from that departs from 144 outputs of route detector, judge vehicle and whether break away from route, according to estimate of situation navigation way guiding and the route disengaging determining device 146 of guiding vehicles to correct line constituted simultaneously.
The above-mentioned vehicle navigation apparatus and the communication server 120 communicate with route detecting server 110, the geography information and the transport information of 110 transmission of receipt routing detecting server.
In the vehicle navigation apparatus that as above constitutes, server provides according to the departure place of vehicle and destination and detects best route, in the above-mentioned route that detects, only transmit the coordinate that has the node of identical information in map in the above-mentioned vehicle navigation apparatus and the map page in the server, reduced the transmission of Information amount to the full extent.
Whether the present invention has the function of gathering real-time information, depends primarily on above-mentioned route detecting server 110 and whether has above-mentioned functions.
Simultaneously, the space of a whole page of map data base is that the link unit by terminating machine and server joint provisions manages, and for mating with the cartographic information that does not have to upgrade, transmission comprises that connection chain connects the node coordinate of information, make it to mate, reconstitute navigation information with the map of terminating machine.
In addition, above-mentioned cartographic information manages according to grade, and also manages by grade as the dummy node of false object search.
The dummy node here is the point of crossing of surveying route and on every side little route, or is the attribute variation point of management map, again or the map system point of constructing, only plays the effect of connection.
Here, for the map that makes above-mentioned terminating machine reaches optimum efficiency, omitted above-mentioned dummy node.
Therefore, for the best that reaches above-mentioned map is provided with effect, the space of a whole page change situation of map data base is managed, integrate information such as car speed, transport information, refuelling station, the category unit carries out the architecture management to the space of a whole page.
Simultaneously, when utilizing the route detection information that from above-mentioned route detecting server, transmits to rebuild route guidance message, do not reach in the terminating machine of optimization setting at set map, carry out normal running for making it, should fetch to judge whether map data base is the up-to-date space of a whole page according to whether receiving continuous chain, simultaneously, in order to judge whether it is dummy node, in route guidance, the node category is divided.
The automobile navigation method that aforesaid structure of the present invention is reached based on this structure is elaborated below.
Fig. 2 is according to one embodiment of the present of invention, the route map that is detected.Fig. 3 is the reconstituted detection route that demonstrates in terminating machine.
With reference to Fig. 2, above-mentioned detection route is the information that comprises dummy node that receives from survey the route server.
Aforesaid dummy node is just as the road of object search and the point of crossing of path on every side, or the point of appearance change in the map, again or some system points in the map layout, only play the effect that intersects that connects, when guide service is provided, just exist, reject these unnecessary information, form the best route that detects as shown in Figure 3 again as some unnecessary information.
Fig. 4 is according to automobile navigation method provided by the present invention, the process flow diagram that the map data base of terminating machine is managed.
In order to use the detection route information that from above-mentioned detection route server, receives, should integrate the map in the above-mentioned terminating machine.
Above-mentioned map integrated utilize the corresponding information that receives node, the network that has reconstituted terminating machine connects.
At first above-mentioned map is carried out entire scan (S100).
Afterwards, as shown in Figure 2, judge whether each node of surveying in the route is dummy node (S110).
If above-mentioned node is a dummy node, then on the group ID of server table, this is marked (S112), corresponding dummy node on the map is become symbolistic symbol (S114).
If above-mentioned node is not a dummy node, then continue the maintenance node consistent and be connected (S120) with the terminating machine map, and assign group ID (S130), former node is if dummy node is then revised (S140) to the ID on the terminating machine.
Like this,, on terminating machine, reject unnecessary dummy node, corresponding node is become symbolistic symbol, finish integrated operation once link by using method of the present invention.
Like this, when carrying out route guidance, if reject unnecessary dummy node, the incidental information of a part of node of surveying the route Server Transport just can not be transferred in the terminating machine actual, therefore in the process that map is integrated, on some necessary information can not be fully utilized.
Therefore, in order in terminating machine, to address the above problem, when reconstituting new route guidance message,, then in rebuilding new route guidance message process, do other processing for dummy node.If departure place in the detection route and destination node are dummy nodes, in carrying out the map match operation, can make full use of virtual node information.
Fig. 5 is according to automobile navigation method provided by the present invention, for the automobile navigation service is provided, reconstitutes the process flow diagram of terminating machine guidance information in server.
As shown in Figure 5, at first receiving terminal machine map page information and departure place/destination (S200).
In above-mentioned server, survey route (S210) afterwards.
(node sequence, departure place link, destination link) scans (S220) to the above-mentioned route that detects.
Whether to the node in the above-mentioned route is that dummy node is judged (S230), if above-mentioned node is a dummy node, and transport information (the speed)/information such as refuelling station that then are stored in the route guidance to be used (link length; Ratio) (S235).
If above-mentioned node is not a dummy node, judge whether above-mentioned node is departure place in the route/destination node (S240), if departure place and destination node, with reference to map, decision adapter path (S245).
Afterwards, constitute transmission information (S250), (S260) integrated and stored to used transport information (speed)/fuel station information in the route guidance with node.
At this moment, in the guider on being based upon communication infrastructure, the transport information/fuel station information that uses for obtaining in route guidance, following solution is done in connection to dummy node.
At first when dummy node was separated, the attribute of the kind of definite kind that connects and road was consistent.
Above-mentioned road category is definite for distinguishing categories of roads such as highway, national highway, provincial highway.Above-mentioned connection kind is be to distinguish U-turn, traffic circle, overpass, road tunnel, bridge etc. and determining.
For the road of same attribute,, calculate mean speed according to the distance ratio.
The information of above-mentioned refuelling station should be distinguished management sequentially.
Reconstitute route information by said method, the map page on terminating machine and the server is managed.
When if above-mentioned map page upgrades, because new url route information more just, and can't use related information, so should transmit the Global Information of the group of integrating according to dummy node.
Construct for map and the unified of terminating machine map of realizing server, need carry out grouping management the link unit.The group management system that group is managed as shown in Figure 6.
With reference to Fig. 6, link road between dummy node to be integrated, the link of integrating is set to the unit of group.The transport information that is included in the link in above-mentioned group is integrated according to the thread ratio.
If when inconsistent situation in the space of a whole page of above-mentioned terminating machine, occurring, the space of a whole page is managed, whole group is transmitted, and make the part of new correction can not become the part of terminating machine link.
In addition, in the management map except that positional information, when difference occurring in the node link system, the group ID that is distributed can be used as the feedback reference of map mistake.
Simultaneously, in above-mentioned server, if occur difference in the map page, with transmitting all links of ID on the same group mutually that has, simultaneously, also have for map correction item is managed, it is marked, itself and transport information coupling coding are separated the characteristics that are provided with in addition.
In the space of a whole page of above-mentioned link-group, in the space of a whole page that link had that has mutually ID on the same group, for corresponding reaction is made in the change of minimum, the space of a whole page of upper value usually can appear.
Therefore, in route guidance of the present invention,, reduce the number of node/link, thereby reduce the size of map on the terminating machine by dispensing unnecessary dummy node.
Like this,, simplified the node/linked network between terminating machine and server, improved the speed that route is surveyed search owing to reduced the corresponding quantity of information of route.
Simultaneously, when searching for once more, not only the search speed of remote route improves, and convenient and swift too for the route search of the urban periphal defence region of road shape complexity.
By above-mentioned description, the related work personnel can carry out various change and modification fully in the scope that does not depart from this invention technological thought.Therefore, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the content on the instructions, must determine its technical scope according to interest field.
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1, a kind of automobile navigation method, be in automobile navigation based on communication, by utilizing the map that disposes on the server, thereby the route information of surveying is realized the automobile navigation method of guiding from Server Transport to terminating machine, it is characterized in that, comprising: the stage that above-mentioned map is scanned; Judge whether the node in the above-mentioned map is the stage of dummy node; Above-mentioned node is if dummy node, in the group ID of server table, mark node link, above-mentioned dummy node on the map of above-mentioned terminating machine is become the pictorial symbol point, if above-mentioned node is not a dummy node, continue the maintenance node link consistent with the map of terminating machine, and the stage of assign group ID.
2, automobile navigation method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
At above-mentioned node is not dummy node, but former node is under the situation of dummy node, changes the set ID of terminating machine.
3, automobile navigation method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Above-mentioned dummy node is as simple tie point, and be to survey the road and the binding site of path on every side, or be the attribute variation point of management map, or the map system point of constructing, in the route guidance process, do not play direct guiding indicative function.
4, automobile navigation method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
With above-mentioned dummy node is symbolistic symbol, and group ID is given in together link to connecting by node.
5, a kind of automobile navigation method is in the vehicle navigation apparatus based on communication, by utilizing the map that disposes on the server, thereby the route information of surveying is transferred to the automobile navigation method that terminating machine is realized guiding, it is characterized in that, comprising:
In departure place/destination entry terminal machine, and the stage that route is scanned;
Whether the node of judging above-mentioned detection route is the stage of dummy node;
If the node of above-mentioned detection route is a dummy node, then store car speed, fuel station information if above-mentioned node is not a dummy node, judge that then whether above-mentioned node is the stage of the link of departure place and destination on the route;
If above-mentioned node is the link of departure place/destination in the route, to mate with map, decision link if not the link of departure place/destination, adds above-mentioned node in the transmission information, and the stage that information such as speed/refuelling station are integrated.
6, automobile navigation method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that:
For carrying out above-mentioned map match, also need and to comprise that the node coordinate that connects link information transmits, and compare with map on the terminating machine.
7, automobile navigation method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that:
For judge that whether above-mentioned node is dummy node, divides node by kind in route guidance.
8, a kind of map page management method is characterized in that transmitting in the cartographic information process to terminating machine from server:
The space of a whole page of map data base manages by the link unit of terminating machine and server institute joint provisions, be cartographic information coupling to upgrading as yet in the server, comprise that to the terminating machine transmission connection chain connects the node coordinate of information, in terminating machine, utilize the above-mentioned node coordinate that is received, rebuild cartographic information.
9, map page management method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: from server when terminating machine transmission connects link information, above-mentioned terminating machine is judged the information that receives, is judged whether it is new map page.
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